APRALO...APRALO and its capacity development initiatives Anupam Agrawal Aris Ignacio Internet Society – Philippines Chapter • Metro-Manila, The Philippines • Technical training;

APRALO At-Large Structures

*Celebrating Diversity

APRALO ALS DISTRIBUTION

Bahrain Internet

Society (BIS)

• Bahrain

• Since its inception in 2002

Bahrain Internet Society (BIS)

strived to serve the

community of Bahrain by

spreading awareness on the

benefits of Internet and ICT

and working towards an

efficient e-Bahrain.

Ali AlMeshal

Internet Society

Pakistan Islamabad

Chapter

• Pakistan

• Aims: to bring together

members of Internet Society

to advance and promote the

general purpose and guiding

principles of ISOC by serving

the interests of the global

Internet community through a

local presence.

Dr Amir Qayyum

Internet Society

Kolkata Chapter

• Kolkata, India

• Awareness about ICANN

activities & opportunities of

engagement and the role of

APRALO and its capacity

development initiatives

Anupam Agrawal

Aris Ignacio

Internet Society –

Philippines

Chapter

• Metro-Manila, The Philippines

• Technical training; policy and

governance awareness and

capacity-building; as well as

various engagements with

other NGOs/CSOs, industry

associations and government

agencies.

Vice President,

Stakeholder

Engagement Middle East

• Cairo, Egypt

• Coordinates implementation of

ICANN's strategic plan for the

Middle East.

• Responsible for outreach,

engagement and support with

stakeholders, including

governments, civil society and

private sector in the Middle

East sub-region.

Baher Esmat

ISOC Nepal

• Kathmandu, Nepal

• Mission: Bringing the world’s

optimum Internet techniques

and technologies to Nepal and

to promote the use in every

aspects of life and financial

Inclusion in all geographical

parts of the country.

Bikram Shrestha

At Large China

• China

• Has been actively participating

in Internet Governance

activities relevant to

individual Internet users.

• These include online consumer

rights, privacy and personal

data protection and users'

rights under ICANN’s new

Chinese-character gTLDs.

Chaoran Xu

Internet Society

of Australia

• Sydney, Australia

• ISOC-AU promotes the

development of the Internet in

Australia to benefit the whole

community, including business,

academic, professional, and

private Internet users.

Cheryl Langdon-Orr

ISOC Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• Formed in 2005. ISOC HK

believes in “maintaining and

extending the development

and availability of the Internet

and its associated technologies

and applications – both as an

end in itself, and as a means

of enabling organizations,

professions, and individuals

locally and worldwide to more

effectively collaborate,

cooperate, and innovate in

their respective fields and

interests.”

Chester Soong

Hong Kong

Internet Forum

• Hong Kong

• Maintains an online platform

for strengthening the

connection amongst the Hong

Kong Internet users

Dennis Cai

ISOC Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• Formed in 2005. ISOC HK

believes in “maintaining and

extending the development

and availability of the Internet

and its associated technologies

and applications – both as an

end in itself, and as a means

of enabling organizations,

professions, and individuals

locally and worldwide to more

effectively collaborate,

cooperate, and innovate in

their respective fields and

interests.”

Edmon Chung

Ellen Strickland

InternetNZ

• Wellington, New Zealand

• InternetNZ is a charitable

open membership society who

have the vision of an “open

and uncapturable Internet”

and a mission “to promote and

protect the Internet”. The

society is an exemplar model

of multi-stakeholderism.

InternetNZ is also delegated

the .nz ccTLD

Emani Fakaotimanava-Lui

Internet Users

Society, Niue

• Niue (South Pacific)

• Provides internet services for

residents on Niue. Users pay a

connection fee and get

internet services for free.

Internet Research

Project

• Pakistan

• A multi-stakeholder catalyst

network that intervenes at the

local and international level on

key issues related to the impact

and changing role of the

Internet in Pakistan

Fouad Bajwa

Internet Society

of Australia

• Sydney, Australia

• ISOC-AU promotes the

development of the Internet in

Australia to benefit the whole

community, including business,

academic, professional, and

private Internet users.

Gunela Astbrink

Internet Society

of Australia

• Sydney, Australia

• ISOC-AU promotes the

development of the Internet in

Australia to benefit the whole

community, including business,

academic, professional, and

private Internet users.

Holly Raiche

Chinese Domain

Name Users

Alliance

• Beijing, China

• CDNUA provides a forum to

promote and encourage

Chinese-character domain

name individual users’

participation and involvement

in governance of Internet; to

support and advocate for

Chinese-character domain

name individual users; and to

provide a forum for outreach,

co-ordination and exchange of

information and knowledge. Hong Xue

H R Mohan

Computer Society

of India

• Mumbai, India

• Founded in 1965, has over

95,000 members spread over

the country, and has the

mission of taking ICTs to the

citizens. Its membership of

includes representation from

the industry, government,

student community, academia

and users of computers and

the Internet.

Internet Society

Bangladesh Dhaka

Chapter

• Dhaka, Bangladesh

• The community objective is to

work together with various

actors to build awareness,

skill, conduct operational

research ,training ,workshop

and participate policy

development process by Open,

transparent, and collaborative

processes for establish “

Internet is for everyone “ .

Jahangir Hossain

Jordan Carter

InternetNZ

• Wellington, New Zealand

• InternetNZ is a charitable

open membership society who

have the vision of an “open

and uncapturable Internet”

and a mission “to promote and

protect the Internet”. The

society is an exemplar model

of multistake-holderism.

InternetNZ is also delegated

the .nz ccTLD

The NZ Maori

Internet Society

• New Zealand

• Online Maori Advocacy Group

that represents and consults

with the online Maori

community at all levels of

society on issues such as

education, safety and internet

governance.

Karaitiana Taiuru

InternetNZ

• Wellington, New Zealand

• InternetNZ is a charitable

open membership society who

have the vision of an “open

and uncapturable Internet”

and a mission “to promote and

protect the Internet”. The

society is an exemplar model

of multistake-holderism.

InternetNZ is also delegated

the .nz ccTLD

Keith Davidson

Emirates Internet

Group

• Dubai, UAE

• Focuses on the development of

the performance of Internet

users and facilitate the

exchange of experiences and

information and consultancy.

• Provides motivation and

training for people with

special needs

Khalid Bin Thani

Vice President,

Stakeholder

Engagement Asia

• Singapore

• Coordinates implementation of

ICANN's strategic plan for Asia

• Responsible for outreach,

support and engagement with

stakeholders, including

governments, civil society and

the private sector in Asia.

Kuek Yu-Chuang

Lianna Galstyan

ISOC Armenia

• Yerevan, Republic of Armenia

• Our mission is to implement

educational and research

programs; to organize

workshops, seminars, public

discussions; to develop

Internet technologies and

make them available in

Armenia; to help manage the

Armenian Internet and to

develop the domain naming

policy for the AM Registry.

National Information

Infrastructure

Enterprise Promotion

Association

• Taipei, Taiwan

• Acts as the Internet policy

think-tank for the public and

private sectors and functions

as the bridge between the

government, industry and

academia in Taiwan

Lihsuan Liang

Arab Knowledge

Management

Society (AKMS)

• Amman, Jordan

• AKMS is a global non-profit

organisation that adopts a

strategy of interactive

teaching and utilizes digital

technology to foster

communication and innovation

in the field of information

management.

Mahmoud Lattouf

Maureen Hilyard

Pacific Islands

Chapter of the

Internet Society

(PICISOC)

• Rarotonga, Cook Islands

• The Board of PICISOC advocates

on behalf of 22 Pacific Island

countries and territories for basic

ISOC principles – Universal Access

and Connectivity – as well as

providing technical support and

advice within the region. PICISOC

has nearly 700 members

Nancy Nanxi Ji

Chinese Domain

Name Users

Alliance

• Beijing, China

• CDNUA provides a forum to

promote and encourage

Chinese-character domain

name individual users’

participation and involvement

in governance of Internet; to

support and advocate for

Chinese-character domain

name individual users; and to

provide a forum for outreach,

co-ordination and exchange of

information and knowledge.

Narelle Clark

Australian

Communications

Consumer Action

Network (ACCAN)

• Sydney, Australia

• ACCAN provides consumer

representation & advocacy in

communications.

• Narelle is the Director of

Operations and Deputy CEO.

• She is also current President of

the Australian Chapter of the

Internet Society and holds a

seat on its Board of Trustees.

Narine Khachatryan

Media Education

Centre

• Yerevan, Armenia

• Promotes media and digital

literacy in Armenia.

• Its goals are to promote the

education of children and adults

using the Internet and new digital

technologies; promote usage of

the Internet to foster democratic

communication, civic and

cultural participation; promote

introduction of ICTs in education.

Internet Society

Vasuday

Kutumbhkum

• India

• Disseminates information on

laws relating to the Internet

and information technology

including ICANN policies,

through the medium of a

website -www.jurisonline.in

Nirmol Agarwal

Paul Chow

Hong Kong

Internet Forum

• Hong Kong

• Maintains an online platform

for strengthening the

connection amongst the Hong

Kong Internet users

ISOC Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• Formed in 2005. ISOC HK

believes in “maintaining and

extending the development and

availability of the Internet and

its associated technologies and

applications – both as an end in

itself, and as a means of

enabling organizations,

professions, and individuals

locally and worldwide to more

effectively collaborate,

cooperate, and innovate in

their respective fields and

interests.”.

Pavan Budhrani

Pua Hunter

Cook Islands

Internet Action

Group

• Rarotonga, Cook Islands

• Advocates for policies and

infrastructure that will help

the development of an

internet system that will

create opportunities for social

and economic development in

the Cook Islands.

Rafid Fatani

NomCom

Appointee to the

ALAC

• London, Jeddah

• Director of Research and

Stakeholder Relations of SISA

Consult – a specialist Internet

governance & regulatory policy

consultancy company.

Internet Society

MALAYSIA

• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Promotes development of the

Internet in Malaysia to benefit

the whole community,

including business, academic,

professional, and private

Internet users.

Rinalia Abdul-Rahim

Pacific Islands

Chapter of the

Internet Society

• Suva, Fiji

• PICISOC advocates on behalf of

22 Pacific Island countries and

territories for basic ISOC

principles – Universal Access

and Connectivity – as well as

providing technical support

and advice within the region.

Salanieta

Tamanikaiwaimaro

Media

Education

Centre

• Yerevan, Armenia

• Media Education Centre is

actively involved in Internet

Governance issues, by making

input in policy development and

raising awareness about positive

and responsible usage of ICTs,

the digital citizenship and other

issues.

Samvel Martirosyan

Computer Society

of India

• Mumbai, India

• Founded in 1965, has over

95,000 members spread over

the country, and has the

mission of taking ICTs to the

citizens. Its membership

includes representation from

the industry, government,

student community, academia

and users of computers and

the Internet.

Satish Babu

Vice President,

Stakeholder

Engagement Oceania

• Brisbane, Australia

• Coordinates implementation of

ICANN's strategic plan for

Oceania.

• Responsible for outreach,

support and engagement with

stakeholders, including

governments, civil society and

private sector in the Oceania

sub-region

Save Vocea

Siranush Vardanyan

Armenian

Association for

the Disabled

• Yerevan, Republic of Armenia

• Mission: Integration of the

disabled into society through

their physical, social and

psychological rehabilitation;

assistance with their health

and educational issues;

creation of income generating

business for them; and

development of national sports

for the disabled.

ISOC Chapter

Chennai India

• Tamilnadu, India

• Provide inputs to our

Government / Regional

Internet Registry / IGF on

Internet Governance policy

issues and organize local

events related to Names and

Numbers, such as an Ipv6

Training event. Engages in

outreach activities to create

better awareness of the

Internet Governance issues.

Sivasubramanian

Muthusamy

Internet Society

Malaysia

• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Promotes development of the

Internet in Malaysia to benefit

the whole community,

including business, academic,

professional, and private

Internet users. ISOC Malaysia

has 633 members.

Dr. Suhaidi B. Hassan

South Pacific

Computer

Society (SPACS)

• Suva, Fiji

• Established in 1995 with the

aim of creating ICT awareness,

and promoting the

development of ICT capacity

in the South Pacific region.

Sunil Lal

NetMission

• Hong Kong

• NetMission.Asia is a youth

Ambassadors program

supported by DotAsia and

initiated in 2009 which aims to

bring together a network of

dedicated young ambassadors

devoted towards promoting

and contributing towards

digital inclusion, Internet

governance as well as youth

engagement & empowerment.

Sunny Liu

Internet

Society Japan

• Tokyo, Japan

• Following ISOC's mission, we

disseminate information and

enlighten users about the

Internet; we conduct activities

such as sharing information

about internet-related

international organizations,

and report about the status of

Japan’s internet to overseas

interests.

Tomohiro Fujisaki

Internet Society –

Philippines

Chapter

• Metro-Manila, The Philippines

• Technical training; policy and

governance awareness and

capacity-building; as well as

various engagements with

other NGOs/CSOs, industry

associations and government

agencies.

Winthrop Yu

NetMission

• Hong Kong

• NetMission.Asia is a youth

Ambassadors program

supported by DotAsia and

initiated in 2009 which aims to

bring together a network of

dedicated young ambassadors

devoted towards promoting

and contributing towards

digital inclusion, Internet

governance as well as youth

engagement & empowerment.

Yannis Li

Information Policy

Analytical Centre

• Baku, Azerbaijan

• Promotes and publicizes ICANN

policy and decisions among

Azerbaijan Internet

community.

• Encourages users to get

actively involved in discussions

and decision making processes

in ICANN.

Yashar Hajiyev

Yasuichi Kitamura

Internet

Society Japan

• Tokyo, Japan

• Following ISOC's mission, we

disseminate information and

enlighten users about the

Internet; we conduct activities

such as sharing information

about internet-related

international organizations,

and report about the status of

Japan’s internet to overseas

interests.

Open Standards

and Internet

Association

• Seoul, Korea

• OSIA is a not-for-profit

organization for joint research

activities among industries,

research institutes and

academy.

• OSIA have played a leading

role in the standardization of

ICT in Korea.

Y.J. (Youn Jun) Park

*Celebrating Diversity

APRALO At-Large Structures